The Lithuanian subsidiary of the Polish oil company PKN Orlen – Orlen Lietuva, has been able to increase its productions capacity in the second quarter of the year 2015 to 86%, but in June the company's production capacity reached 92%, the company informed LETA.

Orlen Lietuva benefits from restructuration and very favorable macroeconomical conditions in Q2 of 2015. Production capacity utlilization reached 86% (reaching 92% in June, which was the highest level since two years), informed BC company’s press service.

Estonian Enterprise Minister Urve Palo said that the recently reached Iranian agreement can benefit Estonia's foodstuff industry and the IT sector, while most likely, the price of shale oil produced by Eesti Energia and VKG will drop together with the price of oil, LETA/Delfi reports.

In the first six months of the year 2015, the amount of oil products transshipped and transported by joint-stock company Ventspils nafta subsidiary companies has decreased slightly, according to the company's financial report submitted to the ''Nasdaq'' Riga Stock Exchange, cites LETA.

Estonia's state-owned energy giant Eesti Energia will make redundant nearly 200 miners by the end of the year 2015 since the demand for oil shale has fallen due to low prices of shale oil and electricity, Põhjarannik newspaper writes, cites LETA.

North East Estonian town Kohtla-Järve's largest employer Viru Keemia Grupp (VKG) re-launched on July 2nd one of the shale oil factories that were stopped in December 2014; the launch was possible thanks to parliament's recent decision to allow using unused mining quotas, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.

Political actions needed to reduce unemploymentNew Labour Market and Wage Developments Report (2014) published recently has shown that over 23,5 million people in the EU are out of job. According to the report, during five last years there was almost continuous decline in employment...